Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	know_v	soul_n	2,162	5	5.1925	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53959	A practical discourse upon charity in its several branches and of the reasonableness and useful nature of this great Christian virtue / by Edward Pelling ...	Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.	1693 (1693)	Wing P1086; ESTC R21750	75,615	304

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rest_n and_o because_o no_o man_n can_v possible_o live_v alone_o or_o support_v himself_o in_o a_o state_n of_o utter_a separation_n from_o all_o other_o common_a necessity_n tie_v we_o all_o together_o like_v so_o many_o limb_n and_o member_n into_o one_o body_n that_o each_o may_v minister_v its_o assistance_n towards_o the_o maintenance_n of_o the_o whole_a now_o so_o far_o as_o any_o one_o want_n and_o become_v feeble_a so_o far_o it_o be_v disable_v and_o hinder_v from_o lend_v its_o own_o help_n to_o its_o fellow_n so_o that_o be_v nothing_o else_o to_o be_v consider_v but_o the_o preservation_n and_o common_a interest_n of_o humane_a society_n that_o alone_o will_v be_v enough_o to_o set_v all_o hand_n at_o work_n upon_o extend_v themselves_o in_o act_n of_o charity_n but_o our_o obligation_n to_o it_o be_v the_o great_a still_o because_o the_o divine_a be_v who_o care_v for_o we_o all_o have_v make_v that_o which_o be_v a_o civil_a duty_n to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o our_o 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